Inhomogeneous quarter-wave transformers for a waveguide electro-optic modulator

Neville W. Harris; D. M. Wong

doi:10.1117/12.43714

1 August 1991 Inhomogeneous quarter-wave transformers for a waveguide electro-optic modulator

Neville W. Harris, D. M. Wong

Proceedings Volume 1416, Laser Radar VI; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43714
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Electro-optic frequency shifters, or modulators, have been built with almost 100 percent efficiency. Conversions over 50 percent require the interaction of a circularly polarized high power microwave beam traveling synchronously with a circularly polarized laser beam in an electro-optic crystal. We describe the inhomogeneous quarter-wave transformer structures made for a CO2 laser beam modulator with a conversion efficiency in excess of 80 percent. Conventional impedance matching synthesis was adapted to include the requirements for maintaining circular polarization and handling high power. Measured results are presented.

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Neville W. Harris and D. M. Wong "Inhomogeneous quarter-wave transformers for a waveguide electro-optic modulator", Proc. SPIE 1416, Laser Radar VI, (1 August 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43714

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